How do you tell what version of linux you are running

[PaulBarron]

I'm fairly new to linux and don't know the command to identify what version of linux I am running (eg; ver for dos). I don't know what version it is you see.

Can anyone tell me how to do this.

Cheers

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

The command 'uname -r' will tell you the kernel version. On some systems (e.g. redhat) doing 'cat /etc/issue' will display more details.

Hope this helps